I think it's just a coincidence. The blimp seems to just cruise around the central area of the city, and most of the aerial shots just happen to be taken around it. Most likely to showcase the spread-out and smog L.A..

I'm wondering whether that fighter jet will still be callled a "Hydra." In San Andreas, the plane was modelled on a Harrier jet. The one that we consistently see in trailers and in the screenshots looks more like an F-14 or an F-18 Hornet.

Oh, and to set myself straight: It's an F-14 Tomcat or an FA-18 Hornet. Or maybe a composite of those two plus an F-15 Eagle. Or something like that. But unless this is one of the JSF fighters, I don't believe that this fighter jet has VTOL.

I think the screenshot with the jet has Trevor in what looks like a passenger jet. But I think its part of that scene that was in the latest trailer where he jumps out of a jeep that's going out the back of a plane.

What I figure is he hijacks that plane for some reason, the military show up to force him to land, and he leaves out the back of the plane.

This is the greatest. I love that mod ideas from people like me from the creations we have made for the past GTA games make their way into the future titles. I did my best to get my submarine mods in GTA VC, SA and IV to work like a sub and it was the best in SA than in any of the others to control but still was not proper and to have one with proper controls to play with will just be the best. Having my ideas used by Rockstar has been awesome from female cops and blimps to submarines and so much more....Can't wait to play me some GTAV. You guys can see all my original creations for GTA at http://www.gtaforlife.com home of Switch Designs and some of them here through gtagamings downloads section.

I made the submarine my desktop image and noticed that Rockstar is having the same problem with the water showing inside the submarines interior as I had with my submarines. I thought long and hard on how to fix that and never could. It will be nice to see if they can fix it, if it will cause them to take it out of the game or if they will just release it with the defect..